​What is Consciousness?

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Jackie Osborne 
Spiritual Teacher and Coach


​As human beings, we spend most of our time functioning in a state of lower consciousness, and while in this state, we are mostly concerned with our own personal survival. Neuro-scientists call this the lower part of the brain, or the reptilian mind. In this less developed state we react through fear, pain, anger and suffering, creating a reality based on these emotions. 
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However, there is also another part of our brain called the higher mind or neocortex. Many spiritually minded people call this part of the brain the Higher Consciousness. In this state a person has a deeper understanding of their reality, freeing themselves from the hold of their ego and ascending to a less judgmental and reactive state of existence. 


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In the state of higher consciousness, we react through love, understanding and compassion. If we are working with our higher consciousness, our  imagination and creativity expands and our soul is free to explore and connect to the higher realms of existence. It is in this state we free ourselves from the bondage of fear and suffering. 

So the question is how do we reach these higher states of consciousness and more importantly how do we stay there. You do this by engaging in high vibrational modalities. High vibrational modalities are anything that makes you feel at ease with yourself and the world around you, such as meditation, creativity, self awareness, chanting, dancing and even fasting, to name a few.

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The sensations one experiences when in this higher state of consciousness can range from a feeling of ease and connection to the infinite, to pure ecstasy. This causes many to fall into a trap, that if they are not always in a state of ecstasy, and connected to their higher self, they retreat back to their lower consciousness. The trick here is not to use our higher consciousness as an escape from our everyday struggles, but to practice in bridging the gap between the lower and higher consciousness.
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For more tools on how to further raise your vibration look under the Spiritual Tools:

Video Resources on Consciousness
​The notion of what consciousness is has eluded even the most erudite of scholar and diligent of researcher. But what about notions of Universal Consciousness? If finite consciousness within the human form have proven so elusive, then grasping notions of a universal consciousness must be even more enigmatic. Start upon your own journey of awakening and enlightenment by exploring what consciousness is, where it comes from and how we are all connected through a universal consciousness. 

Gaia offers the largest resource of consciousness expanding videos.
​Could science be slowly proving that consciousness exists as the "soul" or divine essence that mystics and spiritually awakened beings have been pointing to for thousands of years? The question of "What is consciousness?" will revolutionize science as we know it. And it very much already has. A new paradigm is emerging. This is the great awakening of humanity.

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